By far the most active thread in these forums is one that has nothing to do with alcoholism. Some people seem to do nothing in the forums other than participate in that thread.

Why they can't find a non-AA forum to do this is debatable. Maybe some come here for alcoholism, find a non-alcoholism thread they can get their teeth into, and dive into that. They can then claim to be an "active" part of an online AA group!

Some of us have tried to generate interest in alcoholism-related topics. But many people simply don't want to discuss. Of those who do, some don't want to discuss without bickering over semantics rather than underlying principles.

So of those who say "no" to ideas of making the place more attractive to a newcomer, your challenge is to accept some responsibility in working to make the place more attractive to a newcomer.

Why? Because the forums are whatever the contributors, not the moderators, make them.

There is plenty of non AA material all over the internet. But there are few places where AA topics can be found. Better to have blank pages than this other stuff, so a newcomer won't think it is AA. It is little different than f2f meetings. When an alcoholic goes and finds all this other stuff, he leaves and says AA doesn't work. He is right, since what he found doesn't. AA topics will never be very popular, since only alcoholics who want to recover are interested in them.